“It’s not necessarily a gravel bike,” he told Cyclocross Magazine. Weight doesn't matter but it doesn't hurt either. Fork tips are 100×12 Thru axle.Down tube on sizes XS, Small and Medium is 28.6, 0.75/0.45/0.75Top tube on sizes XS, Small and Medium is 25.4, 0.7/0.4/0.75Down tube on sizes Large and XL is 31.8 -0.8/0.5/0.8If you would like a custom build please email: builds@crustbikes.com and we can make all your bike dreams come true.And I can’t believe I even have to state this, but this is a brown tinted finish.
17 lbs? (By todays standards) This means that the frame is not for “getting rad on.” Or riding single track, or fully loaded touring or whatever else you may see Mr Ultra Romance doing on his. The premise of this bike was to make a high quality production, low trail, Rando style frame that would flex in ways often talked about in Bicycle Quarterly. It’s meant to be really light.” Especially when your golden locks and bronze tan lines float effortlessly across white gravel roads, coating the roadside flora in a light layer of sedimentary seasoning. Behold, a timeless diamond in the crust. (By todays standards) This means that the frame is not for “getting rad on.” Or riding single track, […] Compatible with both 1X, 2X or even triple chainring set up. The Lightning bolt is a dedicated low trail randonneur frame. Max tire clearance is 650b X 48c. Re: Review of Crust Lightning Bolt: ViveLemond: 1/23/18 11:15 AM: Sounds great. Think about it like this. Will it plane I hear you ask? The frame is a pre-production Lightning Bolt frame from Crust, which is a lightweight 650b bike. It's good for you. Unlike the rest of our frames this one is designed with pavement in mind. Get a magic link sent to your email that will sign you in instantly!The premise of this bike was to make a high quality production, low trail, Rando style frame that would flex in ways often talked about in Bicycle Quarterly. We visit the J. P. Weigle’s mythical workshop in the woods of New England and show you the master at work. Dust, baby. 1:21. Unlike the rest of our frames this one is designed with pavement in mind. What is weight anyway? 18 lbs?
If you are heavy or over around 90kgs then don’t buy this frame, it will most likely become too noodley for you. Max tire clearance is 650b X 48c. It flexes in such a harmonic resonance, you will think you are surfing Kelly slaters wave pool riding a Mick Mackie flex tail fish, doing the smoothest high lines this side of Trail, bottom bracket height, and standover dimensions are calculated using 650b x 42mm tire (about 334mm radius)Bottom bracket shell is 68mm English standard threadedRear dropouts are142 Thru axle. ... Just for the record, Bicycle Quarterly does not charge for reviews, never has, and never will. The “cantibolt” is the “sign a waiver” lightest tubed-cantilever-1” threaded offering from Crust Bikes; the first name in Boastfully Poor Business Decisions Index Weekly. Even our bike test of the new Crust Canti Lightning Bolt turns into an adventure when a storm moves in as we traverse the Cascade Mountains. Compatible with both 1X, 2X or even triple chainring set up. Get a magic link sent to your email that will sign you in instantly!The Lightning bolt is a dedicated low trail randonneur frame.
Main tubes are pretty thin walled, which I noticed a bunch of people wanted the Romanceur to be, so here it is. But this is not a science it is just feed back from people in that weight category, maybe it will be just what you are looking for.If you are not to much over that 90kg mark and want a steel frame that will feel great and keep up with most ugly carbon frames on pavement, then this frame is for you.Standard diameter top tube and down tube on all sizes aside from the two largest, they have oversize down tubes. April 30, 2019. Bicycle Quarterly. Just placed my order with Crust for an XL Lightning Bolt and one of their brazed clear coat 80mm stems! 16 lbs? “It’s a bike that was meant to be ridden with 650b x 42mm or 38mm [tire] with fenders. So we used small diameter, very thin walled tubing. If you would not ride the Reńe Herse ultralight tires down the road you are on, don’t ride this frame down it and then come crying to me. All-Road Cycling in Japan. So we used small diameter, very thin walled tubing.